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Louisiana public schools rank poorly in school safety report

Teachers and students at Louisiana public high schools are less safe than their counterparts in other states, a new report says.

The National Center for Education Statistics released the study Tuesday. It looked at the 2011-2012 school year.

Louisiana tied for first in the percentage of high school students who said they had gotten in a fight on campus at 15.8 percent. It tied with the District of Columbia.

The report also looked at the safety of public teachers.

The research found Louisiana had the highest rate of teachers who say they were threatened or physically attacked at school at 18.3 percent. It's more than triple the state with the lowest percentage, Oregon, at 5.3 percent.

Some states did not submit certain data and were not included in some rankings.

Overall, the report found that nonfatal criminal victimizations at school such as physical attacks, threats and theft decreased over the last decade.